Yew berries ripening on the same tree in Albrighton churchyard which featured in the previous post.
Photos taken at the same time, but these berries were on the south-facing side of the tree.
Hiding
Unripe yew berries half-hidden behind a whitened old spider’s web.
Vantage point
Magpie standing on a set of floodlights, looking out for threats – or victims.
Scarlet hood (possibly)
Bright red and slimy waxcap growing under the grass in East Park. Waxcaps are a genus of mushrooms which grow less than an inch tall, but often have bright colours.
This one was probably a so-called scarlet hood, though there other, less common, ones with a similar colour.
Cones, East Park
Developing cones on a tree in East Park. I think the blue-green needles are also new growth.
Hoverflies mating
Not something I notice very often: a pair of insects mating.
These were hoverflies, specifically sun flies, on a hawthorn leaf in the sun.
Deliquescing inkcap species, West Park
Inkcaps are a group of mushroom species which shed their spores not through gills or pores, but by their caps deliquescing – disintegrating, as was well under way here.
Tiny snails, Donington
Two minute snails near the top of what appeared to be a long, thin cactus by the entrance to Donington church, hard by Albrighton. The lych-gate can be seen, out of focus, in the background.
Russulas by the ring road
Russulas growing in the vegetation patch by the ring road as it passes through a cutting between the bus and railway stations.
Russulas are a genus of mushrooms which often have strongly coloured caps. Several species are pinkish, and I couldn’t get close enough to these to try to identify which they were.
